Kluyveromyces lactis is able to ferment lactose and it is considered as an alternative model for biochemical, physiological and genetic studies in nonSaccharomyces yeasts. Understanding the mechanisms of lactose uptake and the regulation involved in the transport is an important step towards better biotechnological applications. The transport of lactose in K. lactis is mediated by a membrane pe...

BACKGROUND In spite of its advantageous physiological properties for bioprocess applications, the use of the yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus as a host for heterologous protein production has been very limited, in constrast to its close relative Kluyveromyces lactis. In the present work, the model protein glucose oxidase (GOX) from Aspergillus niger was cloned into K. marxianus CBS 6556 and into K...

The cryptic mating type loci in Saccharomyces cerevisiae act as reservoirs of mating type information used in mating type switching in homothallic yeast strains. The transcriptional silencing of these loci depends on the formation of a repressive chromatin structure that is reminiscent of heterochromatin. Silent information regulator (Sir) proteins 2-4 are absolutely required for silencing. To ...

Microbial bioconversion studies conducted on the diterpene psiadin have revealed that it was metabolized by Aspergillus niger (NRRL 2295) to give 2alpha-hydroxydeoxopsiadin, Cunninghamella blakesleeana (ATCC 8688a) to give 11beta-hydroxypsiadin, and Cylindrocephalum aureum (ATCC 12720), Gongronella butleri (ATCC 22822), Kloeckera africana (ATCC 20111), and Kluyveromyces marxianus var. lactis (A...

A novel carbonyl reductase (KLCR1) that reduced ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate (ECAA) to synthesize ethyl (S)-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutanoate ((S)-ECHB) was purified from Kluyveromyces lactis. KLCR1 catalyzed the NADPH-dependent reduction of ECAA enantioselectively but not the oxidation of (S)-ECHB. From partial amino acid sequences, KLCR1 was suggested to be an alpha subunit of fatty acid synthase (FA...